At the Portland Bahá'í Center, adapted from the old St. Johns post office, a roomful of people gathered April 20, to celebrate the first day of Ridvan, the holiest and most significant festival in the ...

“In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all ...

The Baha’i faith — a small but global religion with an interfaith credo — fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries. In several Middle East nations, however, Baha’i followers face ...

2023 is the 25th anniversary of Facets of Faith. This week’s column is a look back at one that ran April 21, 2001. It is about the festival of Ridvan, considered the "most great festival" in Baha'i, a ...

From April 21 to May 2, Baha’is around the world celebrate the Festival of Ridvan (paradise in Arabic), commemorating the 12 days Baha’u’llah spent in the Garden of Ridvan, in which he declared to his ...

On Sunday 6 September, a choir of almost 80 voices from around the world sang in eight different languages with settings from the world's sacred scriptures. According to the Baha'i faith, music is ...

This month, as part of our ongoing series of faith features, we look at the Bahá'í Faith. Here is a simple, but hopefully interesting, overview of their origin and beliefs. Less well known than most ...